Ease in: day 1

Today is my first day of the "ease in" for the cleanse. This means that I am only eating living foods (fruits, veggies, and sprouts). I have to say, it was fairly hard to eat the spinach without dressing. Even more difficult, though, was going to my Bible study where there was lots of homemade celebration foods, such as cookies, brownies, monkey bread (ooohhh), various other homemade breads, baked french toast, etc. There were a couple plates of fresh fruits and veggies, so I had some of those. This is not part of the real cleanse, so it is okay to cheat; it just kind of defeats the purpose of the ease in. I did cheat a little. Halfway through my plate of spinach, it became too...I don't know...bitter, I guess, for me to eat anymore. So, I broke out some oyster crackers. That will probably happen again tomorrow, since tomorrow is only fresh juices, smoothies, and broths. It's just a bit of salty without being completely bad, as far as I can figure. It is becoming monotonous, though. I only bought a small amount of food so that I would make sure to eat it all and not put some to waste. This means, however, that I am eating a lot of the same food over and over. I am okay with the large amount of strawberries, but they do not provide many calories. I am a fruit person, so it is really hard to make myself eat the amount of veggies I set aside.